PARISH COUNCILLORS ARE SUMMONED TO ATTEND THE COUNCIL MEETING AT 7.00 PM ON WEDNESDAY 14 JANUARY 2026 AT THE CORONATION HALL
1. To accept APOLOGIES FOR ABSENCE
2. To receive DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST and REQUESTS FOR DISPENSATION on agenda items.
3. To receive REPORT ON HEREFORDSHIRE COUNCIL
4. To agree MINUTES OF MEETING(S) – 26 November and 10 December 2025
5. To invite views and discussion from LOCAL RESIDENTS
6. Report on MEETING(S) ATTENDED by councillors
7. PLANNING
7.1 253661 The Farm, Kingsland, HR6 9QY – Application to determine if prior approval is required for the change of use of an agricultural building and its curtilage to form two dwellings and the building operations reasonably necessary to convert the building.
7.2 253706 3 Tudor Place, Kingsland, HR6 9RR – Damson tree removal from side of house due to deteriorating condition following a broken branch from gales.
7.3 Planning Decisions by Herefordshire Council – update.
8. TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT PLAN – Consider report and recommendations from the working group and agree way forward.
9. Consider request from highway authority to CONTRIBUTE s106 FUNDS to cost of recent lining and resurfacing work in Kingsland village
10. Report and recommendations from WELSH WATER WORKING GROUP
11. HIGHWAYS/ LENGTHSMAN SCHEME
(i) Prioritise grant funded ditching activity and agree variation to lengthsman contract to include drainage works
(ii) Lengthsman Coordinator Report and agree next steps.
12. FOOTPATHS – Footpath Officer Report and receipts for PROW maintenance in the parish.
13. DOG WASTE BINS – Proposal to empty bin by the Millennium Green on a weekly basis.
14. NEIGHBOURHOOD PLAN – Report and recommendations on National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) consultation and agree next steps
15. PROJECTOR AND SCREEN – Consider report and recommendation from Coronation Hall Committee for purchase and installation of new audio-visual system at the Coronation Hall and agree way forward.
16. FINANCE
i) Financial statement to date, 2025-26
ii) Payments to ratify:
Evans Farm and Country Supplies Ltd., footpath furniture (grant funded) – £3,141.60
Pet Waste Solutions, dog waste bin collection – £16.80
Pet Waste Solutions, dog waste bin collection – £16.80
Pet Waste Solutions, dog waste bin collection – £16.80
iii) Payment(s):
MJH Contracting, PROW grant funded gates – £3,120.00
Pet Waste Solutions, dog waste bin collection – £16.80
HMRC, PAYE to 5 January 2026 – £ tbc
iv) Consider parish precept for 2026-27 recommended by the finance working group.
17. MATTERS RAISED FOR NEXT MEETING (no discussion)
18. DATE OF NEXT MEETING
Clerk
9 January 2026